Central nervous system involvement has not previously been described in patients with hairy cell leukemia (HCL). A patient is reported who presented with meningeal involvement as his initial symptom of HCL. Diagnosis was established by morphologic and cytochemical studies of his cerebrospinal fluid
Initial alkylating agent chemotherapy in a leukemic hairy cell patient
โ Scribed by Ellen Gaynor; Dr. Harvey M. Golomb; Jason McClellan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 210 KB
- Volume
- 16
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0361-8609
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